Along the way, he鈥檚 collaborated with many other artists and creatives, including Pacific Rim and Hellboy director, Guillermo del Toro, who said: 鈥淗e is destined to be one of the great image makers and storytellers in our field.鈥滭/p>

And how can you get all those amazing ideas out of your head and onto the page?

The answers are all in this week鈥檚 podcast鈥?/p>

The cover to Gateway: The Book of Wizards by Sean Murray

How to Become a Fantasy Concept Artist – Sean Murray鈥檚 Journey

Sean started his career as a concept artist in the video game industry, but he鈥檚 since moved into film and television work with Guillermo del Toro and Travis Beacham, writer of Pacific Rim and mysterious new fairy tale, The Curiosity.

These days though, his main focus is on creating art for his own Kickstarter-funded fantasy role-playing concept, The Great City of Gateway.

It鈥檚 a project Sean first started thinking about 20 years ago. He grew up loving Tolkien and Dungeons and Dragons, and became fascinated by the idea of creating a fantasy world that was unlike any other.

So he started sketching and experimenting with different characters, writing movie scripts, and juggling various ideas 聽around.

Then, in 2012, he decided to use the newly-launched Kickstarter campaign to see if there was a demand for his work.

He says: 鈥淚 thought that maybe this was a good way to put my ideas out there and see if people were even interested in what I was doing.

“If people are into it and it鈥檚 successful, then I know I have something to work towards. It would allow me to get over all that self-doubt.鈥滭/p>

Through creating The Great City of Gateway and other projects, Sean has picked up some incredible insights which you can use to help bring your own creative projects to life.

Here are some of the questions we asked Sean Murray聽in this week鈥檚 podcast:

Where do your ideas come from?

How do you go about creating a fantasy world?

What鈥檚 the best way to start your own creative 聽project?

What kind of fantasy or concept art should you be making?

Is there a kind of process you should follow?

Who should you approach to give you advice on your portfolio?

You鈥檒l find the answers to these and many more questions in this week鈥檚 podcast.

So, if you鈥檝e ever wondered how to become a fantasy concept artist, we hope this podcast will help you bring your ideas to life.

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